Rat trap



Aug. s, 1929. M J 1,723,208

RAT TRAP r Filed Aug. 25, 1927 INVENTOR Michal Rag BY [l l i Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

- MICHAEL RAJ, OF NANTY {SrLO7 PENNSYLVANIA.

RAT TRAP.

Application filed August 23, 1927. Serial No. 214,860.

This invention relater; generally to animal traps and has more particular reference to a novel .improvement therein.

The ,invention has tor an object the provision ot an animal trag which will trap the animal Without killing' it, and 'which is of Very simple and reliable construction.

The invention has 'tor a turtlnxr ,bject the provieion oit an anin'ial trap which can be manuhctured and sold at a reaeonable cost.

For il'urther coinprehension et 'the invention and oit the obiecte and advantages thereoit7 reference will be had to the following description and acemnpanying drawing. and to the appended claim `in which the 'various novel features of the inventirm are ymore particularly set Torth.

'teterring to the accompanying drawing` formingl a material part of thie dieeloeure:

Fig. 1 .is a front view oit a device constrncted according to thie invention. y

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary Sectional view, taken on the line 2-'2 ol' Fin'. 1.

Fig'. 8 a horizontal Sectional vi ew, taken on the line SW3 ot F in'. 1. y

F ig'. 41 .is a vertical Sectional v.ie\v,ftaken on the line 1.1-11 ot F 3.

Fig. 5 ie a fragmentary vi ew oit Fig'. 8 with `the bait cup removed.

Fig. 6 is a 'perspective 'View o1 the bait cup.

rlhe roterence nun'ieral .l0 ,indicates a baise upon which a Wire cage 11 is poeitionerl and held against displacennait by wires 12 therefrom. forced into the base. The cage infovided with several openings 13, Snrronnded by inwardly diverging' Wires 11 'termin entrancee :to f animale into the cage, and the ende ot the divergring wires prevent the animals from usino' the entrances as exits.

rlhe cage 11 is yprovided `with another onening` 15, and door 1G hingedly mounted on the cage forms a closure therefor. The door 1,(3 has a. locking;` device 17 coactable "th the cage to lock the door 'in closed poeitiou.

A crossed guide member 1S is secured to the base by having' its loiver edn'ee 19 forced therein. One ot the arme` of 'the gri'lide member 1S extends to the door 1G and a slide 20 is engageable therein, and slidable to any part oli the guide member. All ot the arms ot the guide member terminate adjacent the cage 11, and between the openings 13. Rats and other animals are known to be very intelligent, and can recognize a trap. yThe bait cup 21 may be moved to various poeitionn ze determined bythe arms ot the lguide ttor at diterent periods et time positioning the bait cup in View thru the opening` 1l), or in view thru a portion of the cage between the openings. A change ot thiel kind may serve to lure or induce an animal to enter the trap, upon the theory that the trap muet he harinless since the baity is di'lterently poeitioned. This Slide .member 2l) depende from a bait cup 2l, which is provided with a clamping. screw 22. Springs; B attached to the eide@ oit the slide 2() act against the inner sides ot the guide 18, so as to hold the bait cup as placed alongthe guide.

The operutioir ot the device coneiete in opening door 16, and pulling` the hait cup along the `guide 1S until it removed from. the cage. A large piece oit bait is next placed in the cup and clamped by Set screw The Slide 2l) of the bait cui) is next reen-A gaged in the guide '18 and moved to any part thereof, according to the discretion ol" the trap manipulator', udged by wl'iere an animal lookingout from its bunk 'would most likely be attracted. The door 16 is then locked. An animal a ttennlvt'inel to reach Ythe bait entereV by one ol" the oiiienings 13 and thus becomes trapped. y

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form, construction, and arrangement o't the Ieeveral elements employed, it will be runlerstood that the device nwertheless. susceptible oit coneiderablo ln'iodiication therein, and l therefore reserve the ri ght and privilege of resorting; to all auch changes as may be ita-irly en'rbodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having' thug deScribed my invention. what I claim as n eiv and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a device oit the clase deerribed, a base. a cage rsecured thereon, and having several entrance openinge, a croesied `ruido nieniher secured to thebaso, the arms hereol terminating' adjacent the canje and between the openings, and a bait cup adjuetably connected with the crossed guide.

MICHAEL RAJ. 

